From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 31 15:41:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA03193 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 15:41:55 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from orcrist.mediacity.com (orcrist.mediacity.com [208.138.36.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA03188 for ; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 15:41:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gsutter@orcrist.mediacity.com) Received: (from gsutter@localhost) by orcrist.mediacity.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA15034; Thu, 31 Dec 1998 15:41:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gsutter) Message-ID: <19981231154137.C14274@orcrist.mediacity.com> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 15:41:37 -0800 From: Gregory Sutter To: Jaye Mathisen , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Postfix discussion. References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: ; from Jaye Mathisen on Thu, Dec 31, 1998 at 02:02:12PM -0800 Organization: Zer0 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Dec 31, 1998 at 02:02:12PM -0800, Jaye Mathisen wrote: > > > Heck, go cold turkey the other way. Don't install any mailer, and make > the user install a port of exim, qmail, sendmail, or postfix as they see > fit. :) Do the same with the shells and interpreters, and really > streamline that install process. > Well, from the way I understand the new package system that is eventually moving into place, this is what is going to happen. Every conceivably seperable component will be a separate package. The system installer will just execute install commands on each individual package. Thus streamlining the install process. :) Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter "I think not," said Descartes... mailto:gsutter@pobox.com and promptly disappeared. http://www.pobox.com/~gsutter/ PGP DSS public key 0x40AE3052 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message